[mythtv-users] Re: Convert to standard MPG files

[Mark Edwards]

> This technique works for me.  Also, everything that I have seen
> indicates that you should also use the "-idx" (build index) option of
> mencoder (however, this doesn't seem to generate a seekable index for me)
>
> I've also had success with a nice piece of software known as
> "avidemux2".  Files generated using this software do have a seekable
index.
>
> I have played the resulting AVI files back using an open divx codec and
> also using a Xvid codec.
> Let me know if you need more specific information about the codecs.

Excellent! handy tip, seems to work _much_ better than mencoder for me, i.e.
very good sync, and faster too
and doesn't need patched